‘Pretty Woman’ Was the First Role for Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria appears for a short part in the movie as a detective investigating the body of a prostitute who was found in the dumpster. It was probably a holdover from the darker original story. It was actually his first speaking role in a movie. His name in the script was literally Detective, and the character’s motivation was to “keep tourists from taking photos of a dead body in the trash.”
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Ironically, Azaria ended up becoming one of the more famous voice actors of all time for his work on The Simpsons. In the famous cartoon comedy, he portrays, among many characters, the bumbling Police Chief Wiggum, who made his first appearance in “Homer’s Odyssey” in a 1990 episode. That was the same year as Pretty Woman.